A Christmas Memory

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A Christmas Memory

• Study Guide

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• Buddy and his friend keep their money____
• Buddy and his friend give fruitcakes to everyone
  except
• Which of the following statements best describe
  Buddys friend?
• Buddy compares his friend to a bantam hen because
  she is..
• When it comes to his other relatives, Buddy
• Which adjective best applies to Buddys friend?
• Which of the following items is not an activity
  that binds the two friends together?
• Toward the end of the story, Buddy is separated
  from his friend, Why?
• Which sentence tells you that Buddys friend has
  died?
• Which image from the story appeals to the sense
  of smell?

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• 11. Which custom is a major part of the setting
  and mood of A Christmas Memory?
• 12. What is the difference between mood and tone?
• 13. How are flapjacks and hominy grits part of
  the setting of A Christmas Memory?
• 14. All of the following places are part of the
  story setting except.

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Choose a favorite passage from A Christmas
Memory. On a separate sheet of paper, identify
its setting, and state what you think the mood of
the passage is. Referring to specific images,
explain how the setting helps create that mood.
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Study Guide Answers

• under a floorboard beneath the bed
• The relatives they live with
• She has strong feelings about God
• Small and sprightly
• barely acknowledges their existence
• Generous
• traveling

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Answers to Study Guide Cont.

• 8. Buddy is sent to military school by his
  relatives.
• 9. A morning arrives..when she cannot rouse
  herself to exclaim Oh my, its fruitcake
  weather.
• 10. A hateful heap of bitter odored pennies
• 11. Making and giving gifts
• 12.Tone expresses how an author feels, mood is
  how and author makes the reader feel.
• 13. They help show the customs of characters in a
  certain time and place
• 14. church

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Vocabulary

• A cheerful ______
• Bats, balls, and other sports______
• Rowdy behavior that seemed_____ in the temple
• A neutral ______ remark
• Appalled at the _____ on the battlefield

• A company ________ its new hiring policy
• Rundown and _______
• A steep descent that _________ bikers
• A boring ________
• Light that will ______ the room.